[Cz-L] New book, video mystery & family history...

Czernowitzers...

1. Charles Rosner wrote to me about a book he found very interesting and
that's good enough for me to order a copy, he says:

Hi Jerome!
Two months ago, I read a book in English called
"Yiddish Civilisation, the rise and fall of a
forgotten nation" by Paul Kriwaczek. It gives a very
clear presentation of our common history, starting
with the roman empire, going through the middle-ages,
then the Ottoman, Russian, German and Austro-hungarian
Empires, till WW2.
Czernowitz is only mentioned as the place where the
Yiddish conference was held in 1908, but the book in
itself is very interesting and easy to read. It's a
phoenix paperback, published in 2006 in GB as an
imprint of Orion Books Ltd. I bought it on Amazon.
You and many Cz-List members will probably find it
interesting as well, but I'm not sure that all will
do.
Regards,
Charles

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2. More on Hardy's video: Well it turns out I had it wrong (not
unusual). I thought Hardy had made and posted the video; he did not.
Someone else, unknown to him, did. You never know what's going to happen
on the internet, eh?
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3. Marcy Broder  <mom_work_2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote to me, after finding
our website. She can't join the list right now, but thought there might
be interest in her family history. Here's what she had to say:
Hi,
I found your website on Czernovitz.  Wow!
My great grandfater was Zvi Hersh Kerner & his wife
was Rosa Weiselberg- both lived in Czernovitz, Romania
before WWII.  Zvi owned a large estate with fruit
groves.  Unlike many men of that era, Zvi believed his
daughters should be educated, so hired turors for
them.
They had 6 daughters and 1 son (Sophie, Molly, Gussie,
Anna, Miriam, Elka & Joseph).  All the children came
to America before the war, with support of my
grandparents, except the youngest, Elka.  She was
married & had a child, & was caring for Zvi & Rosa. 
Elka was taken into concentration camp, but lived to
see liberation & moved to Israel, where she later
died.  The Nazis took the family home, lands &
orchards and murdered Zvi & Rosa. 
My grandmother was Miriam Kerner.  After coming to
America, she married Feivel (Phillip) Sperling, who
was born in Moschisk, Austria.  Both are buried in Mt.
Hebron cemetary in Flushing, NY.  I believe her
siblings who also came to America are also buried at
Mt. Hebron.
If you want to include any of this information on the
site, you may.
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4. Bruce is away and left me with the moderator's hat. Now it looks like
I'll be gone for a few days as well. So if you post to the list from
Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon, there MAY a be a delay in
circulating your posts. Not to worry, nothing will be lost.
Ah gutten shabos!
jerome